When Call of Duty: Black Ops II launches next month, Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service won’t be supported. The company reconfirmed that it is “evaluating options”, but nothing will be ready this year.

According to an Activision representative:

“We are currently evaluating options for Call of Duty Elite to support Nintendo’s Wii U game system, however Call of Duty Elite for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will not support this platform when the game launches on November 13th.”

Maybe things will change with next year’s Call of Duty release?

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DSLL – 52,079
3DS – 27,221
PS3 – 26,312
PSP – 15,585
Vita – 6,134
Wii – 4,476
Xbox 360 – 2,400
PS2 – 911
DSi – 282
DSi LL – 255

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS3 – 42,218
3DSLL – 39,046
3DS – 24,623
PSP – 17,769
Vita – 7,957
Xbox 360 – 4,894
Wii – 4,849
PS2 – 894
DSi LL – 344
DSi – 330

We finally have details on Youkai Watch, Level-5’s new project for the 3DS. There is information below about the story, characters, and gameplay elements.

– Keeta is the game’s main character
– He’s in fifth grade
– 11 years-old
– Despite his back luck, Keeta has a positive personality
– Whisper (white ghost) appears from a Gatcha Ball
– Whisper teaches you about the Youkai world
– Kuma, Kanchi, and Fumi are Keeta’s classmates
– Takes place in Sakuranyu Town
– Cat Youkai is Jibanyan
– Blue kappa is Nogappa
– Snake is Tsuchinoko
– Cone head is Himojii
– Old woman is Bakurobaa
– Ball is Katanorkouzo
– Slime is Donyoriinu
– Mosquitto is Negatibuun
– Mouth dude is Kuiijii
– Blue cat is Komasan
– Demon is Michibiki
– Bird is Yokodori
– Use the watch to “watch” for youkai in certain locations
– An aura will appear, then the youkai itself
– Once you find a youkai they will ask you to do a quest to help them
– Clear the quest and they may become your friend
– Fight other youkai using your friend youkai
– Sometimes, when defeated, the opponents will join you
– Each youkai has its own individual features in battle

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Sorry, Pikmin fans. You’ll have to wait a little bit longer to play the next entry in the series.

The latest Iwata Asks officially confirms that Pikmin 3 is scheduled for Spring 2013.

There’s a little note buried inside the interview:

“Pikmin: The first game in the Pikmin series, released for the Nintendo GameCube system in October 2001. Pikmin 3 is scheduled for release for the Wii U console in the spring of 2013.”

Pikmin 3 was never a launch title for Wii U, but it has been planned for the launch window. So you should be playing it before March or so.

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The 3DS is getting yet another dungeon crawler. As is revealed in this week’s Famitsu, Elminage Gothic, originally released for the PSP, is now heading to Nintendo’s portable.

We’re not sure how the game will be handled on the 3DS, but information should be published soon.

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Level-5 has opened an official website for its new 3DS game, Youkai Watch. We’ve added the first screenshots (and art) from the site in the gallery above. It looks quite nice!

Renegade Kid has two concrete projects in the works right now. The studio is wrapping up development of ATV Wild Ride 3D for the 3DS eShop and Mutant Mudds Deluxe for the Wii U store.

In addition to those titles, co-founder Jools Watsham teased “a couple of secret projects” on Twitter.

Watsham wrote:

“We’re finishing up ATV Wild Ride 3D for the eShop and Mutant Mudds Deluxe for Wii U. Plus, a couple of secret projects. :)”

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